Backup Software for laptops - Motorola Q Forum

shaun0207 · 04-30-2008, 05:38 PM

Hey Guys:

A couple of weeks ago my hard drive failed and I had to order a new one from Dell. Well While I was at it I got another one from BestBuy (Same size 320GB) since my laptop has a chassis for two HDD's.

Well long story short after going through that nonsense I would like to get some sort of backup software for my laptop. I have that Dell 10GB of Data Storage, but that's not gonna help. I want to make a disc images of my HDD's to make it easier to reinstall my OS without have to use all 4 of the Dell installation disc. Something that can fit on either a Dual layer DVD or Blu-ray DVD (since I have that option).The Toshiba (that I also have) has RAM Disc Images for reinstalling the OS and they only take about 2hrs compared to all day with Dell.

What's the best way to do it?

rudeboy · 04-30-2008, 05:56 PM

my vote goes to Norton/Symantec Ghost...

potQ.

shaun0207 · 04-30-2008, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by rudeboy

my vote goes to Norton/Symantec Ghost...

potQ.

That's what I figured too.

I should be able to make a bootable disc that will recover my OS and programs with this right?

rudeboy · 04-30-2008, 06:11 PM

yup... i used to have 4-5 test pc's on which i installed software and modems and afterwards i would restore a Ghost clone and have a fresh clean OS within no time... it's great.

potQ.

regression · 04-30-2008, 07:19 PM

Another vote for Ghost. I backup to DVD's plus do incremental backups to a Western Digital 160 gig Passport drive. While doing an incremental backup, it takes less than 5 minutes and my backup is up to date.

Tony Bag o Donuts · 05-01-2008, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by regression

Another vote for Ghost. I backup to DVD's plus do incremental backups to a Western Digital 160 gig Passport drive. While doing an incremental backup, it takes less than 5 minutes and my backup is up to date.

I use freeware called cobian 8. great for backing up, but doesn't create a disk image.

shaun0207 · 05-01-2008, 08:40 AM

Cool. I'm going with Ghost then. I assume its pretty easy to use. I have a bunch of 8.5GB disc I'm not using right now.

Thanks for all the help guys.

shaun0207 · 05-05-2008, 08:57 AM

Hey RB:

I trying out Norton Ghost 14 (got a copy from my friend). Everytime I time try to do a backup to my External HDD or to a Dual Layer DVD, I get a error saying "The connection to the recovery agent was lost. This window will close."

Then I reestablish the connection like it tells me too and does the samething again.

Any ideas?

Geekster · 05-05-2008, 09:20 AM

I found this after a fast search...https://forums.symantec.com/syment/b...=1867Basically what it is saying is create a new folder where you have the backup and try that. Hope this helps, if not we'll dig deeper...

shaun0207 · 05-05-2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Geekster

I found this after a fast search...https://forums.symantec.com/syment/b...=1867Basically what it is saying is create a new folder where you have the backup and try that. Hope this helps, if not we'll dig deeper...

Thanks Geekster!

I did that to begin with so I would know where the backup file is and its still not working.

Any other ideas? I've also gotten erro messages saying it cant reach the service agent. So I hook it up to my wifi at home and it still didnt work.